The O.C. Crush Ride

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Last night we went on the inaugural O.C. Crush ride. This ride is the mastermind of Robbie Miranda & the purpose is to get a crew of our BMX buddies out every other week on Tuesday nights for a 40-mile(ish) road ride through the streets of the OC. It seems like in the past 5 years or so all of our lives have gone in completely separate directions & the guys we used to see every other weekend at the races, now we’re lucky if we see each other once a year. So this ride is a chance for each of us to get out do something different, get some exercise, and catch up with some BMX homies.

Last night was the first ride. We’re gonna head out on them every other Tuesday night at 9:30pm, meeting up @ the Starbucks on the corner of Brookhurst & Adams. All are invited. We were 8-deep on the first ride & I assume that we will be 12-15 deep on average once the weather gets a wee bit warmer. And speaking of which, the weather was PERFECT last night. I was riding in shorts & a short sleeve t-shirt & I was pretty comfy.

Last night the crew consisted of Miranda, myself, Alan Foster, Brian Lopes, Sean Hargraves, some other dude, and my sister & Mickey Diamond (motocross dude). We handled 40 fun miles through north Orange County. You can see our excact route at the link below:

http://www.mapmyride.com/view_route?r=806126639480919728

This road riding stuff is pretty fun. But mind you that I ride my PK Ripper Single Speed 700c bike. I still am not down for a bunch of gears, clipless pedal & drop bars, spandex & that normal roadie stuff. But don’t worry, I can do more than just hang. I can keep up quite well. And believe it or not, I’m usually one of the fastest ones up any of the hills, even with my 48-16 gearing with BMX cranks. -Keep it real, dog! Ha ha….

See ya in a couple weeks on the OC Crush ride!